Pterynotus martinetana

Pterynotus martinetana, common name : the fenestrate murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pterynotus martinetana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pterynotus
Species:
P. martinetana
Binomial name
Pterynotus martinetana
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
List
  • Murex fenestella Schröter, 1805
  • Murex fenestratus Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Pterymarchia martinetana (Roding, 1798)
  • Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) martinetanus (Röding, 1798)
  • Purpura martinetana Röding, 1798

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This wide-ranging species is found in the Red Sea -and in the Pacific Ocean
in the Philippines, in Hawaii and the Ryukyus, Japan.

References
  1. Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • "Pterymarchia martinetana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.


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